Sentence examples for bedrock commitment from inspiring English sources

The War Resisters League grieves with the Meyer family for the loss March 22 of a long-time pacifist activist whose "bedrock commitment to nurturing, generosity, justice, and peace in action" supported decades of non-violent resistance to war and injustice.

"Where we started and ended," Ms. Fuller said, "was first and foremost with values of the institution, which are a bedrock commitment to social justice and innovation and to helping those whose voices are not heard for any number of reasons, whether economic or because of discrimination".

Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals should legitimately dispute which policies best advance that bedrock commitment.

And America's bedrock commitment to a fair and just resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one that guarantees Israel's legitimate security interests, remains crucial to the long-term prospects for peace in the region.

He claims, "the decision to morph from a scholarly association into a political action committee has proved disastrous for the group and the discipline it purports to represent, undermining its credibility, alienating many of its practitioners and betraying what should be a bedrock commitment to the American values that used to define the field".

Social Security and Medicare "are bedrock commitments that America makes to its seniors," President Obama said in a speech to the AARP last month.

Do we continue to support programs that are the bedrock of our commitment to one another today like the Pell grant?

At least one other rival in the race, Sheila Y . Oliver the speaker of the State Assembly, appears likely to pursue a strategy of questioning Mr. Booker's commitment to bedrock Democratic principles, while the other, Representative Rush D. Holt, has given no indication of how he plans to engage Mr. Booker, the front-runner.

The harrowing economic times we live in require steadiness, innovative thought and a redoubling of commitment to bedrock principles like public education that have brought our state this far, not more pain inflicted on the middle class and those struggling to stay in it.

Paying just wages to sustain Catholic schools should be a bedrock component of the church's commitment to teach social justice through modeling fair policies for all who work in church ministries.

But it is a reality-challenged and arguably incoherent view of the world, given the respondents' much more benign (and favorable) view of President Obama's predecessor, who took significant steps to undermine bedrock features of America's historical commitment to personal liberties and freedom from government intrusion into our personal lives, most notably in the warrantless wire-tapping program.